“Thus Falstaff, in Shakspeare, is a character of the broadest comedy, giving himself unreservedly to the senses, coolly ignoring the Reason ⟳, whilst he invokes its name ⟳, pretending to patriotism and to parental virtues, not with any intent to deceive ⟳, but only to make ⟳ the fun perfect by enjoying the confusion betwixt reason ⟳ and the negation of reason ⟳,—in other words, the rank rascaldom he is calling by its name ⟳.”

“Sunning himself on the board ⟳ steps, I saw ⟳ for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like ⟳ an English tourist, and his face ⟳ might have ⟳ belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.”

“Julia Farrington, head of arts at Index on Censorship, argues that extra powers to ban violent videos online will "end ⟳ up too broad and open ⟳ to misapplication, which would damage ⟳ freedom of expression".”

“Seeing the British establishment struggle ⟳ with the financial sector is like ⟳ watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become ⟳. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage ⟳ three – what therapists call ⟳ "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need ⟳ for change ⟳ but remains unable to see ⟳ the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.”

“The criterion for positivity was determined for each antigen of each species applying a mixture model ⟳ to the PP data which assumed two inherent Gaussian distributions: a narrow distribution or seronegatives, and a broader distribution of seropositives.”

“To meet ⟳ it, pro-democracy organizations, universities and law firms must bravely speak ⟳ up against abuses of power while building the broadest possible coalition to stand ⟳ up for fundamental rights.”

“broad and open ⟳ day”

“crushing the minds of its victims in the broad and open ⟳ day”

“a broad mixture of falsehood”

“The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include ⟳ the case.”

“in a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way”

“a broad hint”

“to be in broad agreement”

“Lee: I wrote that line for you. Maeve: A bit broad, if you ask ⟳ me.”

“as broad and general as the casing air”

“a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour”

“She still has a broad Scottish accent, despite moving to California 20 years ago.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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